High-risk international missions revolve around Alex Hawke, Ted Bell’s wealthy British intelligence operative. Hawke introduces the character through piracy, terrorism and global conspiracy, while Assassin, Pirate, Tsar and Warlord continue with plots involving assassins, hostile states, royal targets and large-scale geopolitical threats. Bell’s thrillers favour yachts, aircraft, exotic locations and physical action over the procedural realism of quieter espionage fiction. He also wrote the Nick McIver books, beginning with Nick of Time, which combine Second World War adventure with time travel for younger readers. The Hawke novels are fast, expansive and deliberately larger than life, fitting action espionage, techno-thrillers and adventure fiction for readers closer to Clive Cussler or Ian Fleming than John le Carré. Read more Less
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